Jordan*

Hey dude, some private hive servers set you at spawn with some ridiculous gear. I have even seen some that spawn you with a DMR. Unless they have the loadout listed, the only way to find out is by joining it:/. But, Balota Buddies is a great private hive. You spawn with the basics. Painkillers, bandaid, and a flashlight. BB also offers a great community and good servers with no hackers on the whitelisted servers. Come check us out and get whitelisted at http://balotabuddies.net/.

Arma 2 and DayZ are very CPU intensive. You should look art getting a new CPU or OCing if possible.

I think you can use PWS, but OI have always used DayZ commander, it is super good.

You need to get whitelisted first. This is to filter out all hackers. Go to balotabuddies.not (link in signature) and click the Get Whitelisted tab, there is a step by step video there for you :D

Hey man, I would like to mention Balota Buddies to you. We have the amazing Admins, and the scavenging vehicle parts. We do not have the SO MANY VEHICLES YOU CANT NOT FIND ONE amount, but we have a fair amount. There are MANY other pluses to our servers, and amazing community. Check us out at balotabuddies.net

Something tells me that about 20% of the DayZ community have opened Arma 2/OA more than once

1v1 irl Kebab, Ill wreck ya m8 sear on me mum But really guys, come join. You will not regret it. You join yet?

Balota Buddies offers not only great DayZ servers, but an all around great community. I have made very good friends in my short time here and will never go back. Wish I woulda joined sooner!

Everyone here is correct, more than likely read logged incorrectly. But, over here at Balota Buddies, we run whitelisted servers. I have been with these guys for a good bit of time now, and seen NO hackers one their whitelisted servers. Come check us out at balotabuddies.net ! Great community, great servers

Wait, so you are making a PAY to join PvE server. Just saying, good luck with that.

Hello all! I need some tips on recording. I have a very good PC, but the thing is, when I built it, I did not plan ahead and the only hard drive I put in was a 220gb SSD. I really want to record my game play, but I constantly worry about running out of room on my SSD. My laptop, however, has a 1 TB hard drive, that is almost empty. My question is, how do I play games on my gaming PC and save to my laptop's hard drive? Any tips appreciated :) (sorry if this is a recording noob question)

Thanks guys, got it all sorted with a friend of mine gifting me Dxtory and using a really good codec. Thanks all.

Try validating you cache. Steam-> Library-> Right click Arma 2-> Properties-> Local Files-> Verify Integrity. Do this for both Arma 2 and Arma 2 OA.

Each one of those is a different map. If you wish to play a certain map, you download that map. No, you do not have to download all of them , just the ones you wish to play.

Hey man! Here at http://balotabuddies.net/ I know there are a couple guys around your age that normally play together. I recommend you join BB anyways, it will surely enhance your DayZ experience with our wide variety of servers, and soon to be our own version of the DayZ mod. Hope to see you soon! PM me with any questions!

Glad to hear you are enjoying it. Come back an tell us about your first full on firefight! :P

Wow, thank you for that oh so intellectual input to the conversation.

A man named Ulua said this to me once, and I somewhat agree with him. If we are going to have armed helicopters, we need at least one .50. Now, if it was my choice, I would reduce the spawns of .50s, and add in the .338. I LOVE the lapua, and would honestly take it over an M107. Lapua<3

Hey dude! Glad you are enjoying the mod. It really is loads of fun. 1. It seems like you are in/ at Balota Airfield. 2. About saving gear, if you use a public server, your character load out and gear is shared among ALL PUBLIC HIVE servers. If you use a Private Hive server, it is on that server only. All vehicles and tents are server specific. 3. To enhance your DayZ experience, I suggest getting white listed at balotabuddies.net You will meet great people, and have awesome experiences.

I think this is a pretty good idea. Some may complain that we can not do it just for one gun, and say that we have to do the whole weight system or none. But I really like the idea.

TheGreatWhiteWanker speaks the truth

Greetings to all. I played DayZ for many months pretty satisfied. Then I made friends with a man named Steak and Potatoes. He suggested Balota Buddies. Quite literally the BEST thing to happen to DayZ for me. They provide great servers, an amazing community, and a new DayZ experience. I have made great friends with a few people. Balota Buddies has changed my DayZ experience, let it change yours!

Wait, I have one more. My guys just got an Mi-17, and I had the most flying experience, so they gave it to me. Fly it with no problem. To give you the full view of the story, I am almost always the pilot for my group, and mess with my guys a lot. I turn off the engine in mid flight and such, pretend to divebomb, etc. Back to the story. Welp, we are about 100 meters off the ground and we run out of fuel. The engine shuts off, and I yell, EJECT EJECT, due to the fact I always mess with these guys, they proceed to yell variety of things along the lines of "Fuck you Jordan". I eject out about 20 meters off the ground, and end up killing everyone else in the heli because they thought I was screwing with them. EDIT: I survived the crash. And now they all make me refuel every chance I get, and ask me about every 10 minutes if I have fuel.

Let me set the scene. My group is performing a well coordinated assault on the Polana Factory. We are taking heavy shots, I am in a little bird as passenger, my role is CQB assault, and we are approaching the factory. very intense. I, with all my wisdom, decide to eject from the little bird to get as close to the action as I can. Little do I know, that is not a good idea. My parachute hits the rotor, send my team's heli spiraling down in to the factory, along with the pilot.

You need the full OA, but I would recommend getting it for the game itself. I love DayZ to death, but I bought Arma 2 for Arma 2. It is worth so much more than the price. Arma 2 OA itself is so worth buying it, the awesome mods people put out is just an amazing addition to an amazing game.